Friday, June 8, 2012
Visitation and services for the Alexis Banuelos, Brian Herrera and Tyler Montgomery are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
Friends are stepping up to help the family of Brian Herrera after the teen’s tragic death in a car crash near Oswego earlier this week. Herrera, a Plainfield resident and former District 202 student, died Monday in an accident that also claimed the lives of his friends Tyler Montgomery and Alexis Banuelos. To help his family with funeral and burial expenses, friend Julie Husch said a fund has been set up at Chase bank in the 19-year-old Herrera’s name. Donations can be made to the Brian Herrera Memorial Fund at any area Chase branch. Contributions can also be left under the name of Brian’s father, Armando Herrera. Herrera worked at Bob Evans and Abercrombie & Fitch. Website established for Banuelos family Coworkers of Raquel Banuelos, …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Hundreds of people lit candles Wednesday night and remembered the three teenagers who lost their lives in Monday's crash on Route 126.
Hundreds of people lit candles and shared their grief on Wednesday night at the Plainfield home of Tyler Montgomery, one of three teenagers killed in a car crash on Route 126 on Monday. There were tears and laughs, stories and memories, as family members and friends recalled Montgomery, his girlfriend Alexis Banuelos of Naperville, and their friend Brian Herrera of Plainfield, all of whom lost their lives in the crash. Tyler’s father Michael Montgomery played host, sharing his own thoughts, as well as his account of the afternoon of the accident. And throughout the evening, he handed the microphone off to Alexis’ parents, Ricardo and Raquel, and friends of the three teenagers, to tell their own stories. Above you’ll find a video of some of…
Friends, friends and community members gathered to remember Alexis Banuelos, Brian Herrera and Tyler Montgomery in Plainfield Wednesday night.
On Monday, three young people were taken much too soon. On Wednesday, hundreds of friends, neighbors and total strangers gathered in the darkness, candles flickering, not to mourn the loss, but to celebrate their lives. Tyler Montgomery, 19, of Plainfield and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Alexis Banuelos, were planning to have dinner with the Naperville teen’s parents on Monday. But first, they went for a ride with their friend and former District 202 classmate Brian Herrera. Herrera was driving a black Ford coupe when he made a turn in front of a semi-trailer heading east on Route 126 near Oswego. The driver of the truck, which carried 40,000 pounds of sand, wasn’t able to stop in time, and the semi flipped onto its side, pinning the car …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Police said the car carrying three teens — Brian Herrera and Tyler Montgomery of Plainfield, and Alexis Banuelos of Naperville — turned out in front of a semi-tractor trailer in Monday's fatal crash.
According to Illinois State Police Trooper Jason Shrake, charges are not expected in the crash that killed three teenagers near Oswego on Monday afternoon. Shrake said all evidence points to the driver of the black Ford coupe, 19-year-old Brian Herrera of Plainfield, causing the accident when he turned in front of a semi tractor-trailer heading east on Route 126. The truck tried to avoid the car, but ended up flipping on its side, pinning the car beneath it. Herrera and his passenger, 19-year-old Tyler Montgomery of Plainfield, were pronounced dead on scene. A second passenger, 18-year-old Alexis Banuelos of Naperville, was taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the truck, …
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9:47 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
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